New Graduate
Topic 26169 | Page 1
And a warm welcome to you, MiniD!
Who will you be driving for?
Good luck and be super vigilant out there.
Congratulations!
Thank you for your service, Mini D ... and secondly, reading your bio; girl you can DEFINITELY do this, IMHO! Quite the conqueror...
Congrats, for sure; hope to see you around, would love to read your progress from here on~! Welcome to TT for sure~!!!
Congratulations!! I just received my CDL yesterday and will start orientation at Swift in about two weeks.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Thank you for your service and congratulations and welcome Mini D..
Congratulations Jim S.!
Congratulations MiniD and Jim S! Good luck in training and future endeavors. I will be starting my training with Nuusbaum Aug 5. I'm sure you're like me and excited about getting on the road.
I will be starting my training with Nuusbaum Aug 5. I'm sure you're like me and excited about getting on the road.
Ed L. Do you have experience? I thought Nuusbaum required it.
Congratulations!
No company experience, just a new CDL holder. They have a training program for trainees. They seemed reluctant to bring me on board at first after I sent them my application and folllowed it up with a phone call. A couple days later they called me back and asked me to come out and meet them. I spent several hours meeting some of their office/maintenance staff and out in the yard with a truck and trailer trainer. After the interview, they told me they would be glad to welcome me into the Nuusbaum family. They currently have 430 drivers and 22 trainees.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
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